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Boulder woman accused of DUI, hitting CU-Boulder student on the way to AA meeting pleads not guilty

By Mitchell Byars, Camera Staff Writer

Posted:
02/15/2013 08:35:06 AM MST

Updated:
02/15/2013 09:26:12 AM MST

Brenda Geers (Boulder County Sheriff's Office)

A Boulder woman accused of clipping a food truck with her SUV, driving into a University of Colorado student eating lunch and then striking the church where she had planned to attend an Alcoholic Anonymous meeting in October has pleaded not guilty to DUI and vehicular assault charges Friday.

Brenda Geers, 73, of Boulder, is scheduled to stand trial May 20 on charges of vehicular assault -- a Class 4 felony -- and DUI and DUI per se -- both misdemeanors.

According to police, Geers was driving her 1998 Toyota 4Runner west on Colorado Avenue around noon on Oct. 3 when she turned into the parking lot of St. Aidan's Episcopal Church, 2425 Colorado Ave.

Police said Geers clipped the Cheese Louise food truck parked in the lot before barreling into a table where the victim --18-year-old CU freshman Eric Anderson -- was eating lunch. The SUV then ran into the church's covered entryway.

Anderson was transported to Boulder Community Hospital with a punctured lung and numerous broken ribs. Geers was not injured.

According to police, she told officers she was on her way to St. Aiden's to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

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